A contemporary review of hearing aids.

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  • Catherine V Palmer
چکیده

A contemporary review of hearing aids is provided with a focus on current styles of amplification devices, the goals of a hearing aid fitting and the signal processing schemes that allow the clinician to meet these goals, and the need to couple outside devices to hearing aids. A variety of new features available on hearing aids that improve the listener's experience with amplification are described. Some future challenges in hearing aid design and hearing evaluation are presented.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Laryngoscope

دوره 119 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009